NRL Rd 22 2025 - General Non-Warriors Thread

[Blair]

Yep, but Kaufusi also has a significant amount of past offenses. Much more than the Penrith trainer.

Trainers should just get the hell off the field. Our game v Brisbane at Suncorp, the Broncos trainer was stationed behind the ruck for a long time, barking orders and being way too involved. A message can go on through an interchange player, or in some way, but let the players get on with it. Water breaks when applicable, no worries. But for a trainer to be even putting a toe on the field of play (in-goal after a try is fine) let alone go where that one went, is insane.

If the rules don't change let's get Ruben Wiki back in the fluoro with instructions to run amok.

 

[Big Marn]

Should just get them off the field fullstop. It might give more open games where trainers arent telling players what to do and where to stand. Let them fend for themselves.

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

Should just get them off the field fullstop. It might give more open games where trainers arent telling players what to do and where to stand. Let them fend for themselves.

Be interesting to see how some teams would cope if that happened.

You’d think those with more inexperienced halves would be the most impacted? which of course includes us…

 

[Beavers Headgear]

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Dogs fans might be passionate and good on them, but for them to get up in arms about offensive behaviour, is pretty funny. I'd say they were more butthurt by losing to a pretty average team, and that the Tigers have now beaten more top 8 sides than them (I hope that stat remains this weekend)

 

[Penrose Warrior]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/footage-exposes-second-panthers-trainer-incident-as-up-yours-to-the-nrl/news-story/56533f7d42431a05a4d8e0b8b77c72da

Shane Elford on the field at the end of regular time, standing behind the play and directing Nathan Cleary to the 40m line, as if he needs that help?

As we keep saying, get them the F off the field.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Looks like I'll be in the minority for on this one, but I actually thought the penalty was a massive overreaction by the NRL fuelled by media and public hysteria.

To me, there were 3 key elements to it all.

1) Was it wrong - of course. Deserved a fine absolutely.

2) Was it deliberate - this is hugely debatable. Maybe something will surface later to suggest it was and if so, its a different conversation. But as of right now, while there's a shitload of speculation, there's no actual evidence of this specific act being deliberate. Brent Read did a write up yesterday of actions leading up to the incident, and based on what he's reporting, he didn't spot anything deliberate either.

3) Did it affect the outcome of the game - IMO, no. Not at all. Campbell had the opportunity to reset and restart his routine. At that stage the trainer was gone and any decent goalkicker puts it aside like they do all other distractions - like Cleary did when someone tossed something at him during a sideline kick in Vegas, or Douehi when he was being heckled from the sideline in a well circulated social media vid.

The NRL say the penalty considers previous behaviour, and ok that's fair enough. A bit of 'loading' was to be expected.

But to go from 10k/2 matches for deliberate gamesmanship, to 50k/5 matches for someone losing his bearings is massively excessive IMO, loading or otherwise.

It comes from a couple of places for me to be heavily penalised.
1: They coming for our 4th spot.
2: It feels like bullying behaviour, since Panthers have been so dominated for so long.
3: It feels poor sportsmanship again from a team that has dominated so long. Just because you now losing to a team near bottom.
4: NRL pointed out, not first trainer issue.

Now there is more vision of trainer on field guiding team around for their field goal.
Just feels poor sportsmanship. You had Alfie doing it for years, but it needs to stop, start taking points, not money, as finishing higher up gets them more money than $50k

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Thinking on it more, it feels very underarm bowl like. Except that was within the rules.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

An update to the NRL punishment scale: 5 weeks for walking past a kicker, 2 weeks for attacking and breaking someone's leg, 8 weeks for a racist slur, 9 weeks for drug driving and crashing into a kid

 

[Blair]

Thinking on it more, it feels very underarm bowl like. Except that was within the rules.

Psychologically, I think the kicker would've preferred a streaker or some other idiot running on. When he saw it was a Panthers' staff member that would've stung. The teams and clubs are supposed to know better.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Was interesting listening to Maloney on his podcast today say he had 2 warnings last year before the Cowboys sacked him for running near the kicker. He thought it was completely accidental and complete overkill

Gee he and Lattimore are off the chain on that podcast

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Was interesting listening to Maloney on his podcast today say he had 2 warnings last year before the Cowboys sacked him for running near the kicker. He thought it was completely accidental and complete overkill

Gee he and Lattimore are off the chain on that podcast

Right, so that's why he got on his high horse and said that the only reason it was an issue was because Campbell wanted an excuse. Ignoring the fact the people who made a big deal of it, weren't at all Jayden Campbell.

Getting sacked for running near the kicker is peak stupidity. 'Hey love, I'm out of a job'. Why? 'Because I couldn't learn where to run in my job'

A lot of the opinions on the Campbell kick are based in ego. Oh he should have just kicked it, why did he make a deal of it, be tougher mentally all that crap. Someone runs in front of Rory McIlroy trying to hole the winning putt, it's going to be a distraction. Same on the weekend. Campbell probably misses it without the trainer - it's a what, 40-50% success rate kick at best? - but in no way is it fair that his routine is compromised.